Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-07
TIE LEAGuE,s OUTLOOK.
What Prcsiden BORROW Says About
Base BAH in the South.

Base BAH i'll the SOutb.
1t is now quite settled that Mobile will
be in the Southern League. The success
of President Morrow ia filing UP the
breach ind placing base ball on a firm
basis in the Gult City has removed all
apprehension as to the future OF the
League. the six original cities are now
ready for base bali, and are no longer de-
pendent upon future developments 70 see
whether they Will have 1t. There Is great
likelihood, too, that Birmingham and At
lanta will be in the league before long,
thus making an eight-club circuit, and
the strongest that has yet existed In the
South.
President Morrow is disposed to give
the missing cities every announcement
to secure the open trancIses, but Will not
hear OF any scheme TO place a dummy"
club in Atlanta. If the Gate City enters
the league it must be with a club con-
Quoted and maintained by the people of
Atlanta.
Mr.. Morrow expresses himself in
Charleston az being very well satisfied
with the present condition OF the league,
and IS confident OF the success Of base
ball in the South the coming season. At
lanta will have until the meeting Of the
Schedule Committee to make up her
mind about coming into the league. Ii
she decides TO remain out, Birmingham
Will also be debarred from entering, and
the six cities will go it alone.
There may be some inconvenience,
said Mr., Morrow on Saturday, "in
arranging circuit of six clubs, but we
have six good cities, and | believe that
the sport in the South will be better this
year than it has ever been. Each city
Will do all it can for the good of the
league, the clubs will be equaliZed and
Will play tremendously together. Charles
ton has signed some number one men and
| think has good club. Manager Sneed
has gotten together strong team for
Memphis and Nashville is going TO have a
good club. There is less known, perhaps,
about tue New Orleans CLUB tnan any
other, but Mr.. Toby Hart is an ex-
perienced base ball man and knows what
he is about. The other clubs have also
got to work, and altogether the prospects
are very favorable. There seems
to be more general interest taken
i'll base bail than there was last
year, the people want to see base
conducted properly. The only way TO get
the confidence of the people, and TO make
the game popular with its patrons, is to
make the sport clean and respectable,
and IN order to do this the rules and
regulations will be carried out to the let
ter. Even now you will find tnat base
ball is more popular among The ladies at
the South than in any other section Of the
country. Tue reason for this is that the
game is in the hands of a better class of
people down here. rIe clubs are run by
the business men of the different cities,
the bankers, the lawyers and the Who'll
sale and retail merchants, TO tue cXclu-
SION of the barroom and sporting ele
ments. The people want base ball, but
they don't want 10 witness hlppodrOmes
and wrangling matches, aud hence to IN
sure the success OF the sport ii has got 10
be conducted on a respectable ba4ls.'
The practice season Will begin about
the middle of next month. Manager Nor
ton wiz have his team here by March 10.
The Detr0its ana PEiiadelphias VIII PLAY
here and in Charleston between March 10
ana April /. In addition to these practice
games, there VIII probably be a series OF
Interstate games between Savannah and
Charleston for the championship OF Geor-
gia and South Carolina. Manager Powell,
of Charleston, and Manager Morton viii
arrange the matter as soon as Morton
comes South.